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Hi there,
I'm a new to the forum but I don't see an introduction forum anywhere. If this is in the worng place please feel free to move it Mods. I'm a new South African knife maker, I've always been one to make things with my hands. I studied art at college and was interested in doing jewellery manufacturer but ended up doing ceramics and printmaking instead. I've been part of many creative hobbies, from leather work to gemstone faceting to well knife making and everything in between. I work at a high end jewellery store in our town as a salesman with a dream of one day working in the workshop. For now though I work in my own workshop and since making jewellery would be conflict of interest I rather focus on pocket jewellery (knives). I love folding knives and I love art knives, I also have a great appreciation for gentleman's folders so at this stage this is the direction my work is going into. For the last 3 weeks we have been on lockdown for Covid 19 so I have gotten a lot more time to work on my knives. Unfortunately I did run out of some supplies so I have had to make a plan to make do with what I do have available to me at the moment. These are my first two knives I've made in lockdown so far and plan on starting my next one today.
The guitar inspired knife has a guitar string Damascus that I made myself in my makeshift forge. I drew inspiration for making the steel from Greenbeetle knives on YouTube. I consider myself to be a stock remover but this was an interesting experience and really made me appreciate the time and effort that goes into making your own steel.
I'm a new to the forum but I don't see an introduction forum anywhere. If this is in the worng place please feel free to move it Mods. I'm a new South African knife maker, I've always been one to make things with my hands. I studied art at college and was interested in doing jewellery manufacturer but ended up doing ceramics and printmaking instead. I've been part of many creative hobbies, from leather work to gemstone faceting to well knife making and everything in between. I work at a high end jewellery store in our town as a salesman with a dream of one day working in the workshop. For now though I work in my own workshop and since making jewellery would be conflict of interest I rather focus on pocket jewellery (knives). I love folding knives and I love art knives, I also have a great appreciation for gentleman's folders so at this stage this is the direction my work is going into. For the last 3 weeks we have been on lockdown for Covid 19 so I have gotten a lot more time to work on my knives. Unfortunately I did run out of some supplies so I have had to make a plan to make do with what I do have available to me at the moment. These are my first two knives I've made in lockdown so far and plan on starting my next one today.
The guitar inspired knife has a guitar string Damascus that I made myself in my makeshift forge. I drew inspiration for making the steel from Greenbeetle knives on YouTube. I consider myself to be a stock remover but this was an interesting experience and really made me appreciate the time and effort that goes into making your own steel.
